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[John]

Ever since i've installed my new cdrw drive, it takes
windows longer to load the My Computer window and also to
refresh when I take out a CD. usually I have to press the
F5 key. Why does this happen?

Thanx.

[Andrew H. Carter (Applied ROT 17 Left, for Email d]

On Thu, 27 May 2004 19:55:05 -0700, "John" > wrote:

>Ever since i've installed my new cdrw drive, it takes
>windows longer to load the My Computer window and also to
>refresh when I take out a CD. usually I have to press the
>F5 key. Why does this happen?
>
>Thanx.

What type of drive: Internal or Extrernal?
What make of drive?

Any time you have a disk in a CD drive (internal or external), it has to read the disk so that it
can respond to any query you might have. As for the length of time when removing the disk it also
has to check whether or not the same disk is in the drive, whether a new one has been inserted, or
it is empty.

What may help is to add more RAM and/or free resources (cut down on running apps). Additionally you
can empty the Temp folder, Recycle Bin and Temp. Internet Files. Might be helpful to Defrag too.

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Sincerely,

Andrew H. Carter

Its actually a Lite-on internal cd-rw drive. It seems to
do it when there isn't even a disc in the drive.


>What type of drive: Internal or Extrernal?
>What make of drive?
>
>Any time you have a disk in a CD drive (internal or
external), it has to read the disk so that it
>can respond to any query you might have. As for the
length of time when removing the disk it also
>has to check whether or not the same disk is in the
drive, whether a new one has been inserted, or
>it is empty.
>
>What may help is to add more RAM and/or free resources
(cut down on running apps). Additionally you
>can empty the Temp folder, Recycle Bin and Temp. Internet
Files. Might be helpful to Defrag too.
>
>--
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Andrew H. Carter
>.
>